M2.2 earthquake 100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 100 km WSW of Adak, Alaska on Sat, Dec 8, 2018, 4:06 AM HAST (14:06 UTC), 38 km (24 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.9 Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Alaska Earthquake Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-12-08 14:06:46 UTC
- Depth
- 38.4 km (23.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 51.431° N, 177.901° W
- Region
- Alaska
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 14
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.7119 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 36 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.653 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 23 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 20 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.760 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2851 days ago · 31 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.8122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.8119 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 18 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2850 days ago · 20 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.4122 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.834 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 41 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.7134 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 21 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.998 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 60 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 29 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.9153 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 30 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.2107 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 36 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.573 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2849 days ago · 144 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.736 km SSE of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 46 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.9106 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 61 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.9152 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 40 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4169 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 59 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.632 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 38 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.690 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 42 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.7124 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 14 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.5130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2847 days ago · 127 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.1144 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2846 days ago · 20 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.5123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 19 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1183 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 28 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.688 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2845 days ago · 30 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.9186 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 32 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 53 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.899 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.797 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.561 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2844 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0142 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.4178 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 58 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.9111 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2843 days ago · 46 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.9134 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 34 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.6128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 14 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.0123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 13 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.937 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2842 days ago · 21 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.6127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.837 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 45 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.0110 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2841 days ago · 17 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.9122 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.761 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 65 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.0125 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.9128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 26 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.757 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2840 days ago · 22 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 59 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.6123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.5128 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.9126 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 28 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.9127 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.7121 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2839 days ago · 19 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.5125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 15 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.4120 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2838 days ago · 51 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.8132 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 55 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.868 km WNW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.8124 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.8123 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2837 days ago · 22 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.958 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2854 days ago · 44 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.779 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 27 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.3116 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 37 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.720 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 67 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.9130 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.0130 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 35 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.643 km SSW of Adak, Alaska · 2857 days ago · 57 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.057 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 48 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.316 km S of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 63 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.756 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2858 days ago · 61 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.3129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.2129 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2859 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away
- 4.3117 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 48 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.781 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 28 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.7138 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2860 days ago · 29 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.4109 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 29 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.9125 km W of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 22 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.1105 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2861 days ago · 48 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.680 km WSW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.2135 km SW of Adak, Alaska · 2862 days ago · 34 km deep · 40 km away
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